January 15, 2017

Ringling circus on way out

NY Post - Send home the clowns. After 146 years, the curtain is coming down forever on “The Greatest Show on Earth.”

Its last performance will be May 21 at the Nassau Coliseum. The show stoppers included high operating costs, declining attendance and changing public tastes. Not to mention a long and costly legal battle with animal rights advocates, which ended with its hugest stars — the elephants — being pink slipped. Elephants had been the symbol of the circus since an Asian pachyderm named Jumbo joined the show in 1882.

The circus will perform 30 more times. Besides the show on Long Island, there will be one in Brooklyn. Other stops on its last tour include Atlanta, Washington, Philadelphia and Boston.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Jumbo was an African Elephant, not Asian.